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underpants

(182,772 posts) Fri Oct 26, 2012, 07:50 AM Oct 2012

Did the Fox News VA Poll (R 47 - O 45) poll anyone under the age of 35?

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/interactive/2012/10/25/fox-news-poll-virginia-oct-25/
Look at page 6 of 11 -- the % don't seem to indicate anyone under 35

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/latest_polls/

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Did the Fox News VA Poll (R 47 - O 45) poll anyone under the age of 35? (Original Post) underpants Oct 2012 OP

It appears the NBC/Maris poll yesterday also undersampled young voters TroyD Oct 2012 #1

The hardest group to poll is the 18-29 crowd titaniumsalute Oct 2012 #2

TroyD

(4,551 posts)

1. It appears the NBC/Maris poll yesterday also undersampled young voters

Reply to underpants (Original post)

Fri Oct 26, 2012, 07:53 AM

Oct 2012

In Nevada.

I was talking to someone about this last night who said it was strange. It appears the Nevada poll only had about a 9% sample for the 18-29 age group when it really should have been more like 15%.

Doesn't necessarily make a big difference there as Obama is likely to win anyway, but still interesting nonetheless.

titaniumsalute

(4,742 posts)

2. The hardest group to poll is the 18-29 crowd

Reply to TroyD (Reply #1)

Fri Oct 26, 2012, 08:12 AM

Oct 2012

That is why polling companies use weighting to make the 9% worth 15%.

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